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One Foot In The Grave. Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Copyright: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Sunday 5th December 2021

You'd better believe it: as all 42 full episodes of One Foot In The Grave make their way to BBC iPlayer, we look at what made this dark, delicious sitcom classic.

The New Statesman. Alan B'Stard MP (Rik Mayall). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Yorkshire Television

The New Statesman

Sunday 28th November 2021

1987. Margaret Thatcher had just won her third General Election and two writers by the names of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran were about to team up with the pan-global phenomenon that was Rik Mayall, in order to create one of the most outrageous satires Britain had ever seen...

Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC

Last Of The Summer Wine

Sunday 7th November 2021

Tim Dawson looks back fondly on the world's longest-running sitcom.

The Thin Blue Line. Inspector Fowler (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Thin Blue Line

Sunday 24th October 2021

Rhianna Evans dons her police helmet and luminous jacket to go on the beat with Gasforth Constabulary's finest.

Watching. Image shows from L to R: Malcolm Stoneway (Paul Bown), Pamela Lynch nee Wilson (Liza Tarbuck), Brenda Wilson (Emma Wray). Copyright: Granada Television

Watching

Sunday 10th October 2021

Spool back to the late 1980s with Comedy Rewind, when 13 million of us were watching Watching.

Slinger's Day. Cecil Slinger (Bruce Forsyth). Copyright: Thames Television

Tripper's Day and Slinger's Day

Sunday 26th September 2021

Check in to Comedy Rewind and check out two often overlooked 1980s sitcoms starring comedy icons: Leonard Rossiter in Tripper's Day and Bruce Forsyth in its successor, Slinger's Day.

Bottom. Image shows from L to R: Richie Richard (Rik Mayall), Eddie Hitler (Adrian Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Bottom

Sunday 12th September 2021

Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson's scatological sitcom ran for three series from 1991 to 1995, winning legions of fans. We take a look back at the slapstick classic.

Chance In A Million. Tom Chance (Simon Callow). Copyright: Thames Television

Chance In A Million

Sunday 29th August 2021

Approaching its 37th anniversary, we revisit the fondly remembered Channel 4 sitcom Chance In A Million, starring Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn, from the writers who would go on to create The Brittas Empire.

Saxondale. Image shows from L to R: Tommy (Steve Coogan), Magz (Ruth Jones)

Saxondale

Sunday 15th August 2021

In 2006 Steve Coogan launched brand new character Tommy Saxondale. We take a look back at the wizened ex-roadie.

How Do You Want Me?. Image shows from L to R: Ian Lyons (Dylan Moran), Lisa Lyons (Charlotte Coleman). Copyright: Kensington Films And Television

How Do You Want Me?

Sunday 1st August 2021

A look back at Simon Nye's 1990s sitcom about a newly-wed couple who move from London to the countryside, starring Dylan Moran and Charlotte Coleman.

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